{"id":298268,"date":"2023-11-26T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=298268"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:46","slug":"maurizio-sarri-hints-he-could-step-down-as-lazio-boss-after-shock-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/maurizio-sarri-hints-he-could-step-down-as-lazio-boss-after-shock-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurizio Sarri hints he could step down as Lazio boss after shock loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Maurizio Sarri hints he could step down as Lazio boss after shock Serie A loss to rock bottom Salernitana with the ex-Chelsea manager struggling to explain slump in form<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lazio threw away a first-half lead to suffer a surprise defeat at Salernitana\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Candid Sarri admitted after the setback that he may be to blame for poor form<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Postecoglou&#8217;s Tottenham: IAKO looks at culture and philosophy changes\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maurizio Sarri cast doubt on his Lazio future after a miserable defeat at bottom-of-the-table Salernitana left them well off the pace in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea manager couldn&#8217;t disguise his frustration after Saturday&#8217;s 2-1 loss, which left Lazio in 10th position and seven points off the top four.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I realised that I was the problem, I&#8217;d immediately step down,&#8217; said Sarri, who is in his third season in charge of the Roman club.<\/p>\n<p>They finished second in Serie A last season, albeit 16 points behind champions Napoli, but have struggled to recapture that form this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Sarri&#8217;s side are winless in their last three following Saturday&#8217;s setback but retain an excellent chance of making the Champions League knockouts, especially if they beat Celtic at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/08\/78243577-12792225-image-a-29_1700986040239.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Maurizio Sarri admitted he may be to blame for Lazio&#8217;s poor form after a shock defeat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/08\/78243589-12792225-image-a-39_1700986182246.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lazio went down 2-1 at bottom-of-the-table Salernitana on Saturday, making it three winless\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what president Claudio Lotito should do, Sarri replied: &#8216;If I was him, I would make a strong intervention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am not a fan in general of training retreats, but something has to be done to break this inertia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The squad has lost character and initiative. After scoring a goal in the first-half, we came back out hoping to control it for 50 minutes. That is not what our characteristics are as a team.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lazio led through Ciro Immobile&#8217;s penalty on the stroke of half-time but goals by Grigoris Kastanos and Antonio Candreva earned struggling Salernitana an unexpected win.<\/p>\n<p>Sarri, 64, added: &#8216;Something clearly isn&#8217;t working. If I was certain that I was the problem, then I would immediately step down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t understand how I have been treating them differently to last season. If anything, I think I&#8217;m being harder on them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If over the next few days I evaluate and find that it is my fault, I will be the first to take the decision to walk away by speaking to the president.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After their meeting with Celtic, Lazio host Cagliari in their next league fixture on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/08\/78243585-12792225-image-a-40_1700986221381.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarri raised the possibility of a training retreat for his players to address their sub-par form<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/08\/78243635-12792225-image-a-41_1700986300163.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea coach guided Lazio to a second-place finish in Serie A last season but a repeat of that achievement looks unlikely\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12792225\/Maurizio-Sarri-hints-step-Lazio-boss-shock-Serie-loss-Salernitana-ex-Chelsea-manager.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurizio Sarri hints he could step down as Lazio boss after shock Serie A loss to rock bottom Salernitana with the ex-Chelsea manager struggling to explain slump in form Lazio threw away a first-half lead to suffer a surprise defeat at Salernitana\u00a0 Candid Sarri admitted after the setback that he may be to blame for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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